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Louisiana Rum – Part 2 – Oxbow Rum Distillery

This story is the second in a series covering today’s Louisiana rum industry and its producers. For an introduction to Louisiana rum and the advantage the state’s distillers have over most other states, see Louisiana Rum – Part 1 – Overview.

Highlighting a fifth-generation family-, locally-, woman-owned business

BATON ROUGE – A familiar downtown rum distillery has been through five generations of family ownership, and now, the business is being run by a woman. Olivia Stewart is the woman behind Oxbow Rum Distillery in downtown Baton Rouge.  Oxbow Rum Distillery is a single-estate distillery, which means they harvest and farm all of the sugar […]

Fresh Cane Spirits Connect Every Cocktail To Its Roots

Olivia Stewart, president of Oxbow Estate Rum, recently added an agricole-style rum to the operation’s lineup. She hopes to create an A.O.C.-style designation for Louisiana sugarcane and spirits. The goal is not just to release notable cane spirits, she says, but to support the Louisiana sugarcane industry overall.